the october 'classic'

Gave; 'Mechanical Animals' by Marilyn Manson (in my defence, i don't actually think it's a classic but AP was curious for a taste of the Manson oeuvre).
Received; 'Dubnobasswithmyheadman' by Underworld.

An innovation in the classic monthly series; having the album itself embedded in the post..

So click play and enjoy, and i do mean enjoy.

This is perhaps the best cd so far in the classic selection that Al has dispatched my way. It's dancey but not too obviously, it's a bit psychedelic, a bit techno. It runs through fairly seamlessly and doesn't seem to have aged.

I bought the Karl Hyde cd that came out this year. To be honest, it was a bit of a disappointment. THIS month's classic is what i was hoping for when I bought the Karl Hyde cd. I don't own any other Underworld apart from the King of Snake CD single. This is the motherlode, and not a born slippy in sight.

A little bit Alabama 3 at the start, a touch of KLF at points. Ah I don't know enough techno to be able to compare it to other things. Good though.

9/10 for this month's offering. Two more months to go...is this the high water mark?  

the rain falls down on a humdrum town

rainy stroll up hergest ridge.

fruity

how dare the premier ignore my invitations, he'll have to go.

the successful finish to 5 days of gym 

ascaris with the big man

for thoughts on mortality and vanity vinyl

then home to the wife 

with belgian bun and a package waiting

a forgotten purchase

of a bundled live cd 

bought with tickets and pre-order

three discs of hopeful melancholy

and no sign of 'wiiith love'

going over to prycer's house....

Top ten mind-challenging programmes/films/games i have watched at Prycer Towers..

[in reverse order]

10. Coupon collecting.

9. Honey Boo

8. The Last of Us

but...she gave him the watch...and escaped the house....and now she's....dead?

7. Hannibal

because you can't beat bodies impaled on antlers while you sip espresso

6. Storage Wars.

faux hawk! green mile!

5. The Valleys.

chidgey's mint an all that, budd.

4. Housewives of ____

3. Housewives of [somewhere else]

2. Utopia

bleak stuff.....

1. X-Factor

proper bleak....but it did come with kebab and beer...

HUT LOVE IS BRKN

Noticed on our bill at pizza hut tonight... 'HUT LOVE IS BRKN'

[WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?]

little feet big trainers

locks garage, a hereford institution

an nz classic. s k i p b o.

500 miles, well I wouldn't want to drive 500 more.

This weekend, in the space of 36 hours, we drove about 500 miles.

Hereford to Preston.

Preston to High Wycombe.

High Wycombe to Hereford.

Kn to the ackered.

croony ladies wearing cardboard sleeves

Three recent purchases to talk about. Three that have somehow bypassed the 'i really must play these someday' pile and actually managed to get some airtime on the kitchen stereo.

Daughter and London Grammar are two hypey bands, both with Florence Welch style croony ladies as singers. This kind of thing tends to set my teeth on edge a bit and i was a bit suspicious about them, you might even say set against them from the start. Give them a bit of a chance though and they are definitely growers. The LG cd in particular is well thought out as a whole album listening experience.

The pick of these three cd's, though, has to be the Laura Veirs. I found this to be really well produced, a really open feel to it. I don't normally notice production but in this case it really suits the music. A landscape of tunes to sit in your rocking chair and enjoy. A little bit indie, a little bit americana, a little bit folky. And the songwriting is never quite predictable, very easy to listen to but without ever being sure which way its going next. Slap it in a cardboard sleeve......release it on Bella Union..... aaaaaaaaand i'm spent.

Into the top ten cd's of the year for Ms. Veirs.

some fine images from this year's green man, particularly at 1.15mins. [music by villagers]